Cultures of decolonisation : transnational productions and practices, 1945-70
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Cultures of decolonisation : transnational productions and practices, 1945-70
(Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie)
Manchester University Press, 2016
- hbk.
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Cultures of decolonisation combines studies of visual, literary and material cultures in order to explore the complexities of the 'end of empire' as a process. Where other accounts focus on high politics and constitutional reform, this volume reveals the diverse ways in which cultures contributed to wider political, economic and social change. This book demonstrates the transnational character of decolonisation, thereby illustrating the value of comparison - between different cultural forms and diverse places - in understanding the nature of this wide-reaching geopolitical change. Individual chapters focus on architecture, theatre, museums, heritage sites, fine art and interior design, alongside institutions such as artists' groups, language agencies and the Royal Mint, across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Offering a range of disciplinary perspectives, these contributions provide revealing case studies for those researching decolonisation across the humanities and social sciences.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Reframing cultures of decolonisation - Ruth Craggs and Claire Wintle Part I: Decolonising metropolitan cultures? 1. Black America and the overthrow of the European colonial order: the tragic voice of Richard Wright - Bill Schwarz 2. Humanist modernism: Ralph Hotere and 'New Commonwealth Internationalism' - Damian Skinner 3. Henry Swanzy, Sartre's zombie? Black Power and the transformation of the Caribbean Artists Movement - Rob Waters 4. Anxiety abroad: austerity, abundance, and race in post-war visual culture - David C. Wall Part II: Performing decolonisation 5. The peasant armed: Bengal, Vietnam and transnational solidarities in Utpal Dutt's Invincible Vietnam - Abin Chakraborty 6. Cultural heritage as performance: re-enacting Angkorian grandeur in postcolonial Cambodia (1953-70) - Michael Falser 7. 'I still don't have a country': the southern African settler diaspora after decolonisation - Jean Smith Part III: Decolonising expertise 8. Managing the cultural past in the newly independent states of Mali and Ghana - Sophie Mew 9. More than tropical? Modern housing, expatriate practitioners and the Volta River Project in decolonising Ghana - Viviana d'Auria 10. Designing change: coins and the creation of new national identities - Catherine Eagleton 11. What colonial legacy? The Dewan Bahas dan Pustaka (House of Language) and Malaysia's cultural decolonisation - Rachel Leow Index
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